Question
What is wrong with the following in-text citation?
The empowerment of women involves much more than education; indeed, education can serve to disempower women (Neuenfeldt, 2015:19.)
There should be a space between the colon and the page number
There should be a space between the date and the colon
The full stop should be behind the last bracket
There should not be a comma behind the surname of the autho
The empowerment of women involves much more than education; indeed, education can serve to disempower women (Neuenfeldt, 2015:19.)
There should be a space between the colon and the page number
There should be a space between the date and the colon
The full stop should be behind the last bracket
There should not be a comma behind the surname of the autho
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct issue with the in-text citation is: **The full stop should be behind the last bracket.**
In academic writing, the punctuation (such as a full stop) should come after the closing parenthesis of the citation, not before. Therefore, it should read: (Neuenfeldt, 2015: 19).
In academic writing, the punctuation (such as a full stop) should come after the closing parenthesis of the citation, not before. Therefore, it should read: (Neuenfeldt, 2015: 19).